Example sentences of "when [noun] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an investment-intensity ratio of below 35 per cent , it seems that one gets an ROI above 30 per cent , whereas , when investment intensity is above 70 per cent , ROI falls to about 10 per cent . |
| 2 | When east-west tension was at its height , RAF pilots were called on daily to intercept the Bear over the North Sea . |
| 3 | When price competition is at its keenest , the extra on-cost that is entailed in the payment of a statutory training levy can be unwelcome for a company that is competing with a slightly smaller concern which enjoys the exemption . |
| 4 | If that is the case , when Brent council was at its most extreme , when it was spending enormous sums of ratepayers ' money and destroying services , why , at every turn , did the hon. Gentleman 's party support the Labour party through thick and thin ? |
| 5 | But in other ways the colony lagged behind , especially when government expenditure was at stake . |
| 6 | Many of these factories work at night ; when manufacturing output was at the high levels of the late 1970s , many thousands of people went to sleep ( or tried to ) with the sound of local industries buzzing in their ears . |
| 7 | Between these comparatively shortlived events were long periods of stability when plate tectonics was at work . |
| 8 | Moreover , the data show that once the crown cover is reduced below c. 70 per cent , runoff and erosion increased rapidly but that there was little difference when crown cover was between 70 and 90 per cent . |
| 9 | Those who have never been up a mountain when temperature inversion is at work have missed the most splendid sight . |
| 10 | The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses . |